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Buffalo Opponents Review: BCS Edition #7

Stony's Back

Ronald Martinez

The Good: Average team faced rated #64 for the season in FBS only rankings, and #91 in all divisions ranking.

The Bad: Best win was against #95 Miami (FBS only), or #115 WMU (all divisions). No matter how much you want to spin Buffalo being competitive against good teams, we were 0-5 against top 60 teams and 0-4 against teams ranked between 60 and 82 (FBS only). In the all divisions ranking, UB was 0-3 against top 50 teams, but also 0-5 agianst temas ranked 50-90. Their four wins were against teams ranked 115, 119, 175 and 234.

The Ugly: Technically ranked behind Stony Brook again, Stony averages rank in the 3 all division polls is 119.667, while UB comes in at 120.333. Stony defeated Villanova in the first round of the FCS playoffs and they move on to face #3 Montana State.

Anderson and Hester, Billingsly and Coley:
Average UB Rank 98 (+1)
Average Opponent Rank: 64 (-2)
Average Army Rank: 115 (+1)
Average Syracuse Rank: 55 (-3)
Winnable games (teams +20 or - from UB's ranking): 5 (UConn, Pitt, Miami, WMU, UMass)
Winnable games record: (3-2)

Team Rank
Buffalo 98 (+1)
Georgia 6
Morgan State n/a
Kent State 18 (-4)
Uconn 82 (-10)
Ohio 67 (+5)
NIU 22 (-3)
Pitt 78 (-8)
Toledo 40 (-1)
Miami 95 (+1)
WMU 105
Umass 124
BGSU 66 (-2)

Massey, Sagarin & Wolfe:
UB Rank 120 (+6)
Average Opponent Rank: 91 (-1)
Stony Brook Ranking: 120 (-17)
Albany Ranking: 150 (-9)
Army Ranking: 143 (+2)
Syracuse Ranking: 50
Winnable games (teams +20 or - from UB's ranking): 4 (Morgan St, Miami, WMU, UMass)
Winnable games record: (4-0)

Team Rank
Buffalo 120 (+6)
Georgia 6 (-1)
Morgan State 234 (-28)
Kent State 36 (+3)
UConn 89 (-12)
Ohio 86 (+9)
NIU 35 (+1)
Pitt 70 (-14)
Toledo 55 (+8)
Miami 119 (+10)
WMU 115 (+6)
Umass 175 (+5)
BGSU 72